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- Title
A randomized study of the impact of a sensitizing intervention on the child-rearing attitudes of parents of low birth weight preterm infants.
- Authors
NORDHOV, SOLVEIG MARIANNE; KAARESEN, PER IVAR; RØNNING, JOHN A.; ULVUND, STEIN ERIK; DAHL, LAURITZ B.
- Abstract
Nordhov, S. M., Kaaresen, P. I., Rønning, J. A., Ulvund, S. E. & Dahl, L. B. (2010). A randomized study of the impact of a sensitizing intervention on the child-rearing attitudes of parents of low birth weight preterm infants. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 51, 385–391. The background for this study was that nurturant child-rearing attitudes are associated with positive development in low birth weight (LBW) infants. The objective was to study child-rearing attitudes and early intervention (EI) in parents of LBW infants from 12–36 months corrected age. LBW infants (BW < 2000 g) were randomized to an intervention (IG) or a control group (CG). The EI consisted of seven in-hospital sessions prior to discharge, then four home visits. A Child Rearing Practices Report was administered at 12 (mothers only), 24 and 36 months. A total of 146 infants were randomized. The mean BW in IG was 1396 ( SD 429) g and 1381 (436) g in CG. The mean GA was 30.2 (3.1) weeks in IG and 29.9 (3.5) weeks in CG. Mothers in IG reported significantly more nurturant child-rearing attitudes at 12 and 24 months. There was a significant change in restrictive and nurturant attitudes over time. It was concluded that EI may lead to more nurturant child-rearing attitudes in mothers of preterms.
- Subjects
NORWAY; PARENTING education; ACADEMIC medical centers; ANALYSIS of variance; LOW birth weight; CHILD rearing; COMPUTER software; STATISTICAL correlation; PREMATURE infants; INFANT development; MOTHERS; NURTURING behavior; HEALTH outcome assessment; PARENT-infant relationships; MATHEMATICAL models of psychology; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; TWINS; DATA analysis; EARLY intervention (Education); RANDOMIZED controlled trials; TREATMENT effectiveness; INTER-observer reliability; PARENT attitudes
- Publication
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 2010, Vol 51, Issue 5, p385
- ISSN
0036-5564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9450.2009.00805.x